{"id":134447,"date":"2023-08-26T03:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T03:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-154605"},"modified":"2023-08-26T03:55:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T03:55:00","slug":"pokemon-fans-beg-tpc-for-pokemon-pinball-revival-as-sequel-turns-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/08\/26\/pokemon-fans-beg-tpc-for-pokemon-pinball-revival-as-sequel-turns-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Fans Beg TPC For Pok\u00e9mon Pinball Revival As Sequel Turns 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/411e58438889c\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/411e58438889c\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pokemon Pinball: Ruby &amp; Sapphire\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f06df99b445f3\/pokemon-pinball-ruby-and-sapphire.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f06df99b445f3\/pokemon-pinball-ruby-and-sapphire.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Pokemon Pinball: Ruby &amp; Sapphire\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company, Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a busy month for the Pok\u00e9mon series with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/pokemon-presents-august-2023-every-announcement-full-livestream\">a bunch of broadcast announcements<\/a> and even a release date locked in for the first part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_scarlet_and_violet\">Scarlet and Violet<\/a> DLC.<\/p>\n<p>To top it off, The Pok\u00e9mon Company is now also celebrating the Game Boy Advance title <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gba\/pokemon_pinball_ruby_and_sapphire\">Pok\u00e9mon Pinball: Ruby &amp; Sapphire<\/a>. Believe it or not, the Jupiter-developed title is now 20 years old. This game was originally released in Japan and North America in August 2003 and was a sequel to the original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gbc\/pokemon_pinball\">Pok\u00e9mon Pinball<\/a> Game Boy Color title dating back to 1999.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see in the anniversary social media post, it&#8217;s already got a lot of fans begging TPC for a possible revival &#8211; with many hoping to see this sequel added to Nintendo&#8217;s Switch Online service, which now includes the Game Boy Advance library. There are even some requests for a full-blown revival of the series.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/untouchaabletv\/status\/1695168723194368319 @ 2023-08-26T04:51:08+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IM LITERALLY BEGGING YOU TO PUT THIS ON NINTENDO SWITCH ONLINE I AM SO SERIOUS THIS GAME IS THE ONLY REASON I EVER BOOT UP MY 20 YEAR OLD GBA. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qD7AVGy32W\">https:\/\/t.co\/qD7AVGy32W<\/a><\/span>\u2014 madi heard rwylm &amp; yoyok \ud83e\udd72 (@untouchaabletv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/untouchaabletv\/status\/1695168723194368319?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/pokejungle\/status\/1695217376311042201 @ 2023-08-26T04:18:48+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please give us a new Pok\u00e9mon Pinball game \ud83e\udd7a And release this one for Switch Online! \ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/phoQJGCvAm\">pic.twitter.com\/phoQJGCvAm<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Pok\u00e9Jungle: Gen IX (@pokejungle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pokejungle\/status\/1695217376311042201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/nyahojasuperfan\/status\/1695156079263400366 @ 2023-08-26T04:51:09+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PLEASE GIVE ME POKEMON PINBALL 3 I BEG OF YE <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lR1ATEHFFR\">https:\/\/t.co\/lR1ATEHFFR<\/a><\/span>\u2014 casey (@nyahojasuperfan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nyahojasuperfan\/status\/1695156079263400366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/gung_fu_duck\/status\/1695152457607684564 @ 2023-08-26T04:58:07+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A series that needs to return&#8230; Will also accept the last two being added to NSO <i title=\":stuck-out-tongue:\" class=\"twa twa-lg twa-stuck-out-tongue\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gEWEWYejPq\">https:\/\/t.co\/gEWEWYejPq<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Lee Jackson (@Gung_Fu_Duck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gung_Fu_Duck\/status\/1695152457607684564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/poyo64_\/status\/1695152754543489333 @ 2023-08-26T05:04:22+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DONT ASK ME IF I COMPLETED THE POK\u00c9DEX<\/p>\n<p>PUT IT ON NSO I BEG OF YOU <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SRmEzBrB7T\">https:\/\/t.co\/SRmEzBrB7T<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 POYO \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf7 back home! (@poyo64_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/poyo64_\/status\/1695152754543489333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Unfortunately, for now, if you want to officially play this particular pinball game, you&#8217;ll either need to own an original copy and a Game Boy Advance, or you can resort to the Wii U eShop version, which was made available in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, you can also get your retro Pok\u00e9mon fix via the Switch Online service. Two games added earlier this month include the Game Boy Color title <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gbc\/pokemon_trading_card_game\">Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game<\/a> and the N64 hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/pokemon_stadium_2\">Pok\u00e9mon Stadium 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/pokemon\/related-articles:153712 @ 2023-08-26T23:56:50+01:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Would you like to see a game like Pok\u00e9mon Pinball: Ruby &amp; Sapphire added to the Switch Online service or a completely new entry in the series? Do you have any fond memories of the original GBA release? <em>Tell us in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company, Nintendo It&#8217;s been a busy month for the Pok\u00e9mon series with a bunch of broadcast announcements and even a release date locked in for the first part of the Scarlet and Violet DLC. To top it off, The Pok\u00e9mon Company is now also celebrating the Game Boy Advance title Pok\u00e9mon Pinball: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}